Christy Mathewson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Christy Mathewson

American Major League baseball player, manager

Date of Birth: 12-Aug-1880

Place of Birth: Factoryville, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 07-Oct-1925

Profession: baseball player, American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Christy Mathewson

  • Christopher Mathewson (August 12, 1880 – October 7, 1925), nicknamed "Big Six", "The Christian Gentleman", "Matty", and "The Gentleman's Hurler", was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher, who played 17 seasons with the New York Giants.
  • He stood 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighed 195 pounds (88 kg).
  • He was among the most dominant pitchers in baseball history, and ranks in the all-time top 10 in several key pitching categories, including wins, shutouts, and ERA.
  • In fact, he is the only professional pitcher in history to rank in the top 10 both in career wins and career ERA, if taking 19th-century pitchers' statistics into account.
  • Otherwise, both Mathewson and Walter Johnson would hold that distinction.
  • In 1936, Mathewson was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame as one of its first five members. Mathewson grew up in Factoryville, Pennsylvania, and began playing semiprofessional baseball when he was 14 years old.
  • He played in the minor leagues in 1899, recording a record of 21 wins and two losses.
  • He pitched for the New York Giants the next season, but was sent back to the minors.
  • He eventually returned to the Giants, and went on to win 373 games in his career, a National League record.
  • He led the Giants to victory in the 1905 World Series by pitching three shutouts.
  • Mathewson never pitched on Sundays, owing to his Christian beliefs.
  • Mathewson served in the United States Army's Chemical Warfare Service in World War I, and was accidentally exposed to chemical weapons during training.
  • His respiratory system was weakened from the exposure, causing him to contract tuberculosis, from which he died in Saranac Lake, New York in 1925.

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